This makes me quite sad. I will miss what used to be a great place to discuss "How To Raise Chickens In Your Urban or Country Backyard".
Enjoy your new political forum. Gee, the internet really needed another one of those.
You know, I have been wanting to say this for the last several months, and I've held off, but I really can't anymore.
I realize we have a section on this board called "Random Ramblings". I realize that no one is forced to click on and read any post, or to continue reading anything they don't...
First, what you're going through sucks, and I feel for you.
You didn't mention a husband or the father of your children. Is he stressing about the dire straits his children are in? Because if you have a negative bank balance, no gas, and you can't get to your job, then that's pretty dire.
In...
I had this problem with my Sultan. She's the only tophatter I have and she was picked on mercilessly by the others. I gave her lots of places to hide in the coop: three doors to run through, and all kids of tunnels. Plus we have two pens, one on the side and one in the front of the coop. This...
How "crippled"? And for how long? Is she in pain? Or is it just a matter of dusting her or separating her from the others?
She's probably going to die soon anyway. Why not just let nature take it's course? She's lived this long, let the old girl go when she's ready.
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Where do you find the ingredients? I'm fed up with the price of laundry soap. What used to be $4-5 is now about $14, and the jug is a couple of ounces smaller even. Who do they think they're kidding?
I'm glad some of you are staying so positive. It's very bad for some people out there...
HI chickita, my experience this past winter went like this: it was freezing cold out (way upstate NY) and I didn't want to leave the chicks in the henhouse, so when they were one day old we took them and put them in a brooder (under a lamp) in the house. It got my chicken house back to normal a...
The treadmill was unplugged. The cord was tucked under the machine and she apparently pulled it out and somehow got it around her neck. People don't realize how fragile children really are. Poor baby, only 4 years old.
No, it's fine. I would say she's broody but she kicks eggs out from under her and she's laying her head down. When I pull her out of the nest box, she eats a little and gets right back in the box. I tried blocking it, but she seriously went ape - screeching with her wings spread completely out -...
Oh dear. If the area around her vent is soft, what else can I do to verify if this is the case?
The head thing scares me. Every time I walk in the chicken house, I think she's dead. I poke her a little (gently) and she gives her little broody-sounding squawk, but it's weak. She does lift her...
I hope this is a joke.
Chickens make noise. Roosters crow. They're not quiet animals - they're barnyard animals that are supposed to make noise. That's what animals do.
Please tell me this is a joke. Shock collars aren't even humane for dogs.
They are funny little things aren't they? My sister had the same thing happen, only she doesn't have chickens! She heard a knock at the door one rainy night, answered it, and a hen walked into her house!
This morning I was throwing a ball for the dog and the chickens started chasing it. The...
I have a 1 yr old Sumatra hen who was broody a couple of months ago, and I let her hatch a few chicks, although I didn't let her keep them very long because it was too cold outside at the time. Point is I've seen her broody behavior.
About a week and half ago it seemed like she was starting up...
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Here is the website of the CAN-SPAM law:
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Get the feds after those creeps.
It's amazing to me how laws DON'T protect women and children in this situation in some states. We all assume it does and it's just not the case.
This woman must get a good lawyer. No, she must get a GREAT lawyer. She needs to contact her local NOW chapter and have them recommend one for her...
These two great guys need a home. Very sweet and unusual looking. Silkie-OEG cross with black skin. Pretty shades of green and purple in their feathers. Will deliver within a reasonable distance. Thanks!
Just catching up here - so glad to hear it was indeed vestibular disease and not something worse! Sammy does have bouts of it from time to time so be on the watch for relapses. He still tilts his head - that never went away. He loses his balance around stairs, especially when he just wakes up...